Problems of a contemporary woman in the context of the image created by the election platforms of the political parties from 2011

Abstract

Currently, the issue of the functioning of women in the society and their problems in reconciling family and professional roles are one of the major interdisciplinary research subjects. This issue was also raised in the election programs of political parties that were in the Polish parliament after the elections in 2011 (Civic Platform, Polish People’s Party, Law and Justice, the Democratic Left Alliance and Palikot’s Movement). The aim of this study is to characterize the image of women created in the electoral programs and to indicate the basic problems and challenges of women, their causes and proposed solutions. Therefore, the program documents were analysed from the perspective of two social roles fulfilled by women- mothers and workers. In order to achieve set objectives, the issues were situated in the broader context taking into account social, political and economic situation.